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Top StoriesFactbox-The Process to Replace UK PM Boris Johnson on Sept. 5
Top StoriesNew UK Prime Minister to Be Announced on Sept. 5 as Tax Dominates Contest
Failing Growth Need Not Be the 2022 Narrative for UK Businesses
Date: July 8, 2022
By Chirag Shah, CEO and Founder of Nucleus Commercial Finance The latest monthly CBI Industrial Trends Survey UK reported manufacturing output slowed in the three months to June, while both total order and export order books also softened. Output growth is also expected to slow further in the quarter ahead, while expectations for domestic price...
UK Labour’s Starmer Cleared of Wrongdoing After Lockdown Investigation
Date: July 8, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -British opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer was cleared by police of breaking COVID-19 lockdown laws on Friday, having said he would quit his job if he was fined. A day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced he would resign following a series of scandals, including repeated lockdown breaches at his Downing Street office,...
UK Conservatives Say ‘toxic’ Boris Johnson Should Be Replaced Now
Date: July 7, 2022
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -Former British Prime Minister John Major said Boris Johnson should be replaced immediately rather than be allowed to remain as a caretaker leader because his cabinet may struggle to “restrain him”, amid wider calls for him to be removed now. Johnson announced his resignation as prime minister on Thursday after...
Bye Bye Boris: UK PM Johnson Bows Out With Regrets but No Apologies
Date: July 7, 2022
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Boris Johnson emerged to cheers from loyal lawmakers, his staff and wife but any sign of support from allies arranged around him for his resignation speech was soon drowned out by loud boos from outside the gates of his Downing Street office. After he started speaking, protester Steve Bray...
Factbox-After Boris Johnson Quits, How Will a New UK PM Be Chosen?
Date: July 7, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – Boris Johnson resigned as prime minister on Thursday, triggering a search for a new British leader. Below is how a process to find Johnson’s successor will work: – Candidates putting themselves forward for the leadership, and there could be many, must be nominated by two other Conservative lawmakers. – Conservative lawmakers then...
Factbox-Reaction to Boris Johnson’s Resignation
Date: July 7, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – Boris Johnson said on Thursday he was resigning as Britain’s prime minister, bowing to calls from ministerial colleagues and lawmakers in his Conservative Party. Below are some reactions: KEIR STARMER, LEADER OF OPPOSITION LABOUR PARTY “It is good news for the country that Boris Johnson has resigned as Prime Minister. “But it...